JERUSALEM POST
by Daniel Eisenbud
August 31, 2015

Unusual stepped structure exposed on street ascending from Siloam Pool to Temple Mount raises questions among researchers

A mysterious, well preserved 2,000-year-old pyramid-shaped staircase constructed of large ashlar stones was recently uncovered by the Antiquities Authority on an ancient street in the City of David, adjacent to the destroyed Second Temple, the authority announced on Monday. The structure was revealed during an excavation of an ancient roadway ascending from the Siloam (Shiloah) Pool to the Temple Mount, carried out in coordination with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Ir David Foundation. According to archaeologists Nahshon Szanton and Joe Uziel, who directed the excavation on behalf of the authority, such a find in the area is unprecedented. READ MORE